The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1887-11-24
News-Herald)
FLORIDA TOBACCO
Specim ems Raised I'm Old Iea.-..
County stand the Severert Teu.

Specimens Rafsed I'm Old IsH.
County stand the Severes1 Tes,s
The citizens of Jefferson county are nah,
more obligations to Colonel W. c.. Bird re-
Marshal, than they can ever repay.
In reponse to an invitation EXTENDED 10 Then
the other DAY several prominent iOboccomu.
ufaciurers met at the Colone's Office ve.,ss,,,
afternoon Tor the purpose OF examining 6,
specimens OF Jefferson tobacco which The :.
! thusiastic friend of that county had bro.,s
down tor inspection. Ii had been rsis;l 4
people who. did not understand the cuysti.
OF iobacco, yet il passed the tests to which
was subjected and came ont ahead of any o,h-
specimen ever exhibited in this city before.
This tobacco was from the farms of Csnl,n
Ulmar, Of Monticello, and j. B. Roche Of W.u
keenah, and from them il Is ascerained ih.i 4
will easily average from 700 TO / 200 pounds psf
acre. 1t has the shiny. silky. sot, appearance d
all hne tobacco and is the best quality for wrap
pers grown anywhere in this country.
A NeUs Herald man was present al The er.
animation OF these specimens and from The lead
ing experts obtained the following opinion:
Mr.. II. VI. Frifoi says: For wrsppers rhs, "a.
baccO is fine. 1t is The equal of The Havsr,
wrapper and might easily pass for it. Farmrn
can make more money by raising this STAPLE
than any other and l think that II Is about tine
that the Northern farmers, who wish 10 sels
in this State and know how to cultivate Tin
crop, should know of this fact.
There is no possible chance for the market
to be poor for this kind OF tobacco, as from some
Of the specimens exhibited should think lhsl
the price would range all the way from tweuty-
hve cents TO dollar pound. When you take
the fact into consideration that there is an in
port duty on the famous Sumaira wrappers
seventy-hve cents per pound, and on CuhAn
tobacco of thirty cents there is no possible rss-
son why we should not have old Jeferu
county fnll Of the growers of this article Al
least ninety per cent. of the smokers in thisco
Try would prefer cigar wrapped with one d
these wrappers to one of Cuban tobacco Too
much cannot be said of this thing and the lesJ
made have been thorough"
Mr.. s. +. Roberts, another expert in judgg
the quality of tobacco, takes nearly The san,
view of the specimens displayed. He ak
thinks that there is no danger of overseeing
The market, and that the price will be kept g
easily to thirty and fly cents per pound, and
from that it may 60 up to dollar pound
MIR. Huau, one of the best judges OF fine tobac-
CO IN this city, also concurrcd in The above quoted
opinions and is delighted with the article. he
wants all OF il he can get 1t is one OF the great
things that Florida will excel in as soon as she
has secured those who understand the cultivation
and curing of this grand product Mr.. Huau
senus cigars broadcast in the N0rIh and thinks
that it would be much more liked, than those ct
present both filed and wrapped with the pure
Havana
Mr.. J. Fl. Finn, of the Ell Modelo factory PIT
this tobacco to a severe test He made two c.
CARS out OF one of the samples, and tried the dt-
ierent experiments generally tried by experts
One was burnt and it came out all right to tbe
intense satisfaction of all those present Hepfo-
nounces it as fine for wrappers as could b
wanted, and predicts for it great aud ready sale
when placed on the market.
All these gentlemen unite in the opinion thai
Ms there is no danger of frost killing the crop
here like it does in Virginia, and thai, help
be obtained so cheap in the western counties o.
this State, there is good chance tor all NorIhen
farmers who can raise il to get themselves lew
acres and soon have a home where they can o.
once escape the cold weather and also make
good living.
To This end the citizens of j, fferson and &C.
joining counties should unite and place great
many specimens of the leaf on exhibition al ne
Sub Tropical, and also make arrangements III
showing the same at the North, where the farm
ers there can see it.